François-Gabriel d'Angeac

D'Angeac was born in the French colony of [[Placentia, Newfoundland and Labrador|Plaisance]] (present-day [[Placentia, Newfoundland and Labrador|Placentia]], [[Newfoundland and Labrador]], Canada). He was the son of Gabriel d’Angeac (born [[County of Saintonge|Saintonge]]; died 1737, Île Royale, now [[Cape Breton Island]]),{{cite web|url=https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.grandcolombier.com/histoire/1763-1778-la-premiere-retrocession/1763-1778-gouverneurs/&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=7&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3DFran%25C3%25A7ois-Gabriel%2BDAngeac%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26hs%3D6yy|title=1763–1778: Governors|publisher=grandcolombier.com|accessdate=2009-01-28}} a military man stationed at the time with [[Joseph de St. Ovide, Monbeton de Brouillan]]'s company in Plaisance. His mother was Marguerite Bertrand. In 1714, his father and the garrison were reassigned to [[Louisbourg, Nova Scotia|Louisbourg]] where, five years later, France began construction of a [[Fortress of Louisbourg#Fortified town|fortified town]].{{citation needed|date=November 2015}}

D'Angeac was born in the French colony of [[Placentia, Newfoundland and Labrador|Plaisance]] (present-day [[Placentia, Newfoundland and Labrador|Placentia]], [[Newfoundland and Labrador]], Canada). He was the son of Gabriel d’Angeac (born [[County of Saintonge|Saintonge]]; died 1737, Île Royale, now [[Cape Breton Island]]),{{cite web|url=https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.grandcolombier.com/histoire/1763-1778-la-premiere-retrocession/1763-1778-gouverneurs/&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=7&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3DFran%25C3%25A7ois-Gabriel%2BDAngeac%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26hs%3D6yy|title=1763–1778: Governors|publisher=grandcolombier.com|accessdate=2009-01-28}} a military man stationed at the time with [[Joseph de St. Ovide, Monbeton de Brouillan]]'s company in Plaisance. His mother was Marguerite Bertrand. In 1714, his father and the garrison were reassigned to [[Louisbourg, Nova Scotia|Louisbourg]] where, five years later, France began construction of a [[Fortress of Louisbourg#Fortified town|fortified town]].{{citation needed|date=November 2015}}

At the age of eight, d'Angeac began his military career as a guard at Port-Dauphin, Nova Scotia (now [[Englishtown, Nova Scotia|Englishtown]]) on Île Royale.{{cite book|last=Stoetzel|first=Donald I. |title=Encyclopedia of the French and Indian War in North America, 1754-1763|publisher=Heritage Books|location=Westminster, Md|year=2008|pages=11|isbn=978-0-7884-4517-0|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b-uLUVJtHKkC&q=D%27Angeac+Soubise&pg=PA11}} In 1723, d'Angeac was given the rank of second ensign and assigned to his father's company at Louisbourg.

At the age of eight, d'Angeac began his military career as a guard at Port-Dauphin, Nova Scotia (now [[Englishtown, Nova Scotia|Englishtown]]) on Île Royale.{{cite book|last=Stoetzel|first=Donald I. |title=Encyclopedia of the French and Indian War in North America, 1754–1763|publisher=Heritage Books|location=Westminster, Md|year=2008|pages=11|isbn=978-0-7884-4517-0|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b-uLUVJtHKkC&q=D%27Angeac+Soubise&pg=PA11}} In 1723, d'Angeac was given the rank of second ensign and assigned to his father's company at Louisbourg.

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